Arabic edit

Root
ن س ب (n-s-b)

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

نَسِيب (nasībm (plural نُسَبَاء (nusabāʔ) or أَنْسِبَاء (ʔansibāʔ), feminine نَسِيبَة (nasība))

  1. relative by mariage, in-law
  2. highborn, noble (descending from a distinguished family)
  3. nasib (an Arabic literary form, 'usually defined as an erotic or amatory prelude to the type of long poem called a qaṣīdah.')

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • South Levantine Arabic: نسيب
  • English: nasib

South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ن س ب
3 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic نَسِيب (nasīb).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /nsiːb/, [nsiːb]
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Noun edit

نسيب (nsīb, nasībm (plural نسايب (nasāyeb), feminine نسيبة (nsībe, nasībe))

  1. relative by mariage, in-law